Telegram-herald., 1887-04-23

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weekly reTis~ sf lrsAe will 49, tnuss.si
weather hinasus trade sna aeosanss faf poi
a ilgtle embarrassment ln xarioas hssnohss
q business i u c<snpeas&iiag laoi that
tbs ions drought ~ sac West is hleAen aEd
oepsaas rains hslp crop prs.spee's has the
oalook Ia 3ry goods i cap olally elteeteo
81 anseasonaple weather watch ADDS 81 af-
p4reBl depression caused - "a wontea pIf-
0hsses 81 sloeks iasi monIh Ia order - sa-
ticipste changes 81 rsees ihe uaarAes ioI
vOaleAs aFaEs aud Is unsatisfactory sAa
v hile coftol siApies sie IrAi. tfiM eietEas
Ifoa i dan at Philsaelphia With
pricsS IN some grades marked
down There and a. fiIIsharzn 3
large sales oi Eagiish stee rails said 10 reesa
- V33 ions coupled Nllh aacTa si > AZ a.
tide water have led some makers a. reduce
priees g. So per tau. Wheat Is held ~
reported corner, bat kSs seriously scNsnced
3 shade PORK pfodQcis sre a lltile weaker
than q week age and ali Is duii. Coffee aas
been saodeaiy advanced a oent ~ sfeculs-
tive methods Leather u la better demand,
boos aud shoe orosrs having deeiaedly ia
proved.
For much OF the embarrassment the
changes ia ral raias undeT the lnter-Staie
AL are responsible. Many think, ~ TIE
commission apparently does. that tue rail-
roads hsse msas the lsw al excuse for an
Necessary advances la rates, Det iise bread
fact remains that y great psri ~ the husl-
ness II the oeuntry has been helii op enoeI
. system II special rates 10 encourage special
localities or trades
From Memphis comes complaint that
rates ~ country towns throughout that re-
gi0n have been advanced with bound. 80
that factories generasiy have closet From
Minneapolis Il appears ofboisiiy thAi f~ies
Of Hour TO Cblcsgo not covered by an tran
sii' contracts have been advanced from -
90 So cents per barre. Boston protests a.
loudly as Toledo aud the northwestern
roads - earnestly as lie trAnEporiere acfass
the continent Some are helped oy the
act. Ohio. Mississippi and lake ifansporieis
gain 1dvanieees and central wool growers
reioiee that California WOO. j. excluded
from Eastern markets Bot the sIoppage
Of tue system Of special rates, through
which a large part Of the industry
and trade Of the country has
been shaped and developed
unavoidably affects business generally.
Foreign aud inteti0r trade continues fairly
active. Exports from New York show an
increase o. II per cent over last year. but
are declining against al increase OF u per
cent ia imports with an advancing tend
ency. Collections generally are fairly
prompt
Money would be everywefs abundant but
for extraordinary demands IN real estate
speculation and building. A. New York
alone plans filed IN three months call for an
expenditure Of 81 BOO .000 ia baiiding. and
MORTGAGES amount % g. oVJN0t for The
quarter. A Chicago journal reports 81, ,54s
miles Of new railway building proposed for
The year snd 5 SOS miles of track 10 be re-
laid. which would cost over 500. 0e0
The business failures during the last
seven davs number. for the United States.
III: for Canada. -, total. l99, against Us
last March and Iss for the corresponding
week Of last year No failures Of conse-
aufuCe occurred